Irish Economic Development: High-Performing EU State or Serial Under-Achiever?
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This book offers a discerning narrative on the spectacular rise and fall of the so-called Celtic...

Peter Lorre: Face Maker: Constructing Stardom and Performance in Hollywood and Europe
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Peter Lorre described himself as merely a 'face maker'. His own negative attitude also characterizes...

Sustainable Cities: Assessing the Performance and Practice of Urban Environments
Pierre Laconte and Chris Gossop
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Sustainable Cities is about the challenges faced by our urban environments and how these can be met....

Geographies of Cubanidad: Place, Race, and Musical Performance in Contemporary Cuba
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Derived from the nationalist writings of Jose Marti, the concept of Cubanidad (Cubanness) has always...

Staging Scenes from the Operas of Donizetti and Verdi: A Guide for Directors and Performers
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In Staging Scenes from the Operas of Donizetti and Verdi, veteran opera director William Ferrara...

Audience as Performer: The Changing Role of Theatre Audiences in the Twenty-First Century
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'Actors always talk about what the audience does. I don't understand, we are just sitting here.'...

Time Slips: Queer Temporalities, Contemporary Performance, and the Hole of History
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This bold book investigates how performance can transform the way people perceive trauma and memory,...